I'm escaping lovely Ohio, and going to go get sunburned somewhere else for a week. What are some can't miss courses on the way? I"m going with my gf and her parent's so I can't spend the whole week on the course, unfortunately.

Last edited by thrillcaptain on Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Can't speak too much on the subject as I live on the opposite side of the country, but I'm originally from back east. The Outer Banks are a great place to visit, but as far as DG goes, you're pretty isolated. NC has a ton of great courses from what I hear, but getting to them from OBX probably would be a hassle. As far as courses to hit along the way, the one course I can recommend with enthusiasm is New Quarter Park in Williamsburg, VA. Not sure the exact route you'd take from Ohio, but the course isn't too far from Hwy. 64 (the main highway that goes to the southeastern part of the state). If that's anywhere close to your route, I HIGHLY recommend stopping by there.

Outer banks is a great vacation spot and excellent for ball golf. However there really aren't any dg courses in the area and it can be a bitch to get off the island sometimes. The coolest thing about outer banks is the Brew Threw (A Drive through package store) you literally drive right into the beer cooler and the dude throws what you want right in the trunk for you. Freekin great. It's really nice this time of year as well. Where are you staying?

I think there's a course in VA Beach, but I don't think it's too remarkable. There's a pretty nice course in Newport News--relatively easy but really nicely set up. But that's pretty close to New Quarter Park, so if you're going to be stopping in that area might as well do NQP (Newport News could be a good warm up/cool down course though).

And yeah, Brew Thru is sweet...definitely a signature of the OBX experience, right along with Wings (all the cheap touristy beach stuff you could imagine) and Kitty Hawk Kites (I don't know if I've ever been in another kite shop, but this one's definitely the coolest). Another cool thing about the area is just the laid back beach-bum atmosphere--you can walk through the grocery store barefoot and nobody even notices. It's also the only place I've ever seen "alcoholic spring water" (no joke).

If you have four wheel drive it's great as well. Every year about 10 of us rent a house way out in the dunes and go surfing and four wheelin' all week. There are actually wild horses that just hang out in the dunes...pretty cool.

That actually looks like a pretty sweet course, and it's the closest one to the Outer Banks, from what I can tell. Nice! Probably about an hour drive, but that's totally doable, especially on vacation time.

I'm going to be making this trip from Ohio soon, too. I'm assuming you went already, thrillcaptain - did you end up playing anywhere? I won't be stopping anywhere on the way because we'll have a couple of small children with us, but would like to get out and play one day. I saw the Munden Point course listed in the PDGA directory, too, and it does look like the only course that's even remotely close to Outer Banks. Has anyone played that? It looks to be at least an hour drive and wanted to make sure it was worth it. Thanks!

I saw the Munden Point course listed in the PDGA directory, too, and it does look like the only course that's even remotely close to Outer Banks. Has anyone played that? It looks to be at least an hour drive and wanted to make sure it was worth it. Thanks!

It's probably longer than 1 hr b/c it's on remote country back roads. If you go, make sure you have a very detailed map!! It's really tough to find the way.

I played Munden Point in April. You can read my review and course details at <http://groups.google.com/group/DG-Course-Reviews>. Look under the VA discussion thread. It's an average course. One hole is really cool.

Directions: I-64 East; Indian River Road East (exit 286B), 4.6 miles to slight left on Elbow Road then back on Indian River for 5.7 miles. Right on W. Neck Rd. for 3 miles. Right on Princess Ann Rd. (VA 615) for 8.5 miles. Right on Munden Point Rd. for 0.8 miles. Right on Pefly for 0.1 miles. 1st tee far right middle.

Directions:
In Pasquatank County
64 East. … 17 East past Hertford. Right on Simpson Ditch Rd. Right on Landfill Rd. to Fun Junktion.

Description: They have 18 baskets and 9 were installed, but the course has to be relocated and redesigned. Governmental red tape is slowing up the process. It may be installed in 2005, but the whole project is very uncertain. The original course was designed by Innova, but it is now unplayable.